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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                            FEBRUARY 13, 2026       |  The Indian Eye 26

                   AAPI Summit 2026 Highlights CPR

                      Training and AI-Driven Education

            OUR BUREAU
            New York, NY

                  he  American  Association  of
                  Physicians  of  Indian  Origin
            T(AAPI) advanced its mission of
            strengthening global emergency care
            through  innovation  and  Indo-U.S.
            collaboration  with  a  landmark  Re-
            suscitation  and  Emergency  Medical
            Care Workshop held on January 10,
            2026, at the Kalinga Institute of Med-
            ical  Sciences  (KIMS),  Odisha.  The
            workshop was a flagship component
            of the AAPI Global Health Summit
            (GHS) 2026.
                The  initiative  followed  a  large-
            scale  AAPI  Mass  CPR  Training
            program on January 9, during which
            nearly  1,000  college  students  were
            trained in high-quality cardiopulmo-
            nary resuscitation using the latest in-
            ternational  resuscitation  guidelines.
            The training emphasized early CPR,
            prompt  defibrillation,  and  post–car-
            diac  arrest  care.  The  program  was
            coordinated by Dr. Dillip Panda, Di-
            rector of KIMS, and Dr. Sathya Swa-
            roop  Patnaik  of  the  Sri  Sathya  Sai   National  Emergency  Life  Support
            Seva  Organizations,  Odisha,  under   (NELS) program, a mandatory five-
            the guidance of Dr. Vemuri S. Mur-  day  emergency  care  training  initia-
            thy, a globally recognized Indo-U.S.  tive  integrating  BLS,  ACLS,  and
            resuscitation expert and coordinator  ATLS for all medical graduates.
            of GHS CME programs.                  A  major  highlight  was  hands-
                AAPI  President  Dr.  Amit    on  simulation  training  using  the
            Chakrabarty  described  the  summit   SimMan  3G  Plus  high-fidelity  sim-
            as  a  defining  moment  in  Indo-U.S.  ulator  provided  by  Laerdal  India.
            medical  collaboration.  “GHS  2026   Participants  practiced  real-time  de-
            reflects  AAPI’s  unwavering  com-  cision-making in complex emergency
            mitment  to  elevating  global  health   scenarios, bridging the gap between
            standards.  When  experts  from  two   theory  and  clinical  readiness.  The
            dynamic healthcare systems collabo-  workshop also featured AI-enabled,
            rate, the impact extends far beyond   multi-specialty  clinical  case  discus-
            conference  halls  to  hospitals  and   sions,  demonstrating  the  growing
            communities,” he said.            role of artificial intelligence in diag-
                The  advanced  workshop  fea-  nostics,  triage,  and  emergency  deci-
            tured  expert  presentations  on  sud-  sion support.
            den  cardiac  arrest  and  emergency   Addressing  India’s  heavy  bur-
            preparedness.  Dr.  Joginder  Solanki   den  of  cardiovascular  disease  and
            of the American Heart Association   trauma,  the  workshop  reinforced
            reviewed  the  updated  2025  resus-  AAPI’s  long-standing  commitment
            citation  guidelines,  while  Dr.  Srini-  to  training  healthcare  profession-
            vas  Ramaka  presented  critical  data   als,  students,  and  first  responders.
            on  out-of-hospital  cardiac  arrest  in   By  integrating  simulation,  AI,  and
            India,  stressing  the  urgent  need  for   cross-border expertise, AAPI contin-
            public CPR training, improved AED   ues to drive transformative change in
            access, and structured emergency re-  emergency  medicine  while  position-
            sponse systems. Dr. Debasish Swain   ing Odisha as a rising hub of clinical
            outlined the Government of India’s   excellence.

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